what's in a life?
that which we call this life by any other name would sound as hectic & overwhelming.
what's it's meaning? that's what we're all here to find out isn't it?

though they say that being a student is just a prologue to a lifelong of opportunities.
all i see right now is just an endless road of success & failures.

so what if we accomplished our goal of acing this test? there're millions more.
so what if we worked throughout the night, compromising our health & spirit just so we could keep up with the neverending demands of school.
so what if we grew up, got married, and got rich?
so what if we lived up to that american dream?

wasnt there a time when people used to trust you to be able to make everything right?
there was definitely a time when, what you say must be what it is.
there used to be a time when...i actually know what i'm doing. what has it got to this endless, pointless wandering?

what is it all about?

so we'd fulfill our dreams only to come across another. in this endless chain of goals and competition. when is this all going to cease?
when we reach that dream university?
oh yes. harvard, yale, princeton, stanford. those sound like where we're all aiming at.
but say we got in. then what?
there're more challenges to face. more all nighters to pull. more demands we have to fulfill.

must look at a bigger picture, then.
zoom out 30 years: at the age of 46. would i be the ophthalmologist that i've always wanted to become? or just some janitor sweeping the school at night?

i suppose i need to be less of a cynic.
and start believing that it all comes down to the work effort we put into everything we do.
good luck on finals guys!


i need a vacation.
that's what it means.